SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 250 - 250 250 The Key to Slaughtering God _1

Chapter 250: Chapter 250: The Key to Slaughtering God “_1 Chapter 250: Chapter 250: The Key to Slaughtering God “_1 “Hiss… official forces always put on quite the show, don’t they? But is all this really necessary?”

Although Colin had seen even grander scenes and more advanced equipment in the “Seventh Box Garden World,” witnessing it in reality felt different.

“From the moment we returned to reality and made contact with these people, to when we were attacked, then the arrival of the super strong individual, followed by the rest of the personnel… The total time might have only been about fifteen minutes.”

Colin silently estimated in his mind; the speed of the support had been very fast indeed.

However, unfortunately, they were still one step slower than that other person—no, that’s not right.

“If the official deployment of combat aircraft was slower than the enemy, how could those ‘Red Moon’ traitors have locked onto our position so quickly and arrived even faster?”

Colin was puzzled and wondered if the enemy had roughly known their location from the start. What was it that kept updating the enemy on their position?

But he couldn’t dwell on that, for the Eighth Level “Talismanist” approached them now.

Up close, he finally noticed something indescribably stiff about the “Talismanist’s” expression, which gave off an unsettling feeling.

“I will escort you to Base No. 4 next. If you have any questions, you can discuss them with me here. Meanwhile, other injured parties will remain; other rescue personnel will take care of them.”

Cao Yixiang looked straight at Colin and the others, his eyes devoid of the spark that should inhabit a person’s gaze, and his voice was just as strangely unnerving.

“Hmm.” Colin nodded, and seeing that Cao didn’t seem interested in further conversation, just brought out a walkie-talkie to start communicating with others.

‘It seems that these high-ranking officials commonly exhibit symptoms of being out of control.’

Colin contemplated as he watched Cao walk away.

From his encounters with them, it seemed that from Sixth Level onward, these individuals began to deteriorate, and by Eighth Level, they overtly seemed less human, lacking a sense of humanity.

As powerful as they were, they also gave off the impression that they could lose control at any moment.

People in Bonfire Company didn’t seem to have this issue…

Colin estimated that under normal circumstances, D Level Personnel would definitely not match up to an Eighth Level official powerhouse, but would be stronger than a Sixth Level, probably around Seventh Level quality.

Yet, in terms of humanity, they seemed completely normal, showing no tendency to lose control.

It was unclear what influenced this condition.

But without giving it much thought, several helicopters had already arrived overhead and dropped ladders.

Assured that it wasn’t a trap this time, Colin and the others each climbed up.

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Meanwhile, atop a hundred-story skyscraper, a skinny, tall old man wearing sunglasses pushed open the rooftop door and walked to the edge, looking down.

Then, with a grave and puzzled look, he murmured to himself:

“Did the ‘footprints’ disappear here?”

He had told Colin he was leaving to track “Liping,” but in reality, he had noticed something that could bring significant trouble starting from the beach, leaving behind a visible trail of “footprints” all the way here, so he had followed it.

To his surprise, it disappeared halfway.

After a moment’s thought, the old man took off his glasses, revealing mysterious patterns in his eyes, trying to reconstruct what had happened here.

In his mind, images flickered by like shattered glass…

The visions were meaningless, but just as a significant scene was about to surface, he seemed to “see” an amber light appear in his consciousness…

Immediately, he cut off the “observation.”

His instincts told him that from this point on, the matter had become connected with Bonfire Company…

In such a situation, it was nearly impossible to continue delving into it.

Because, just like the followers of the Red Moon, Bonfire Company also had a very strong anti-observation capability. Forcing a deeper look would only lead him to see an eternal and horrific blaze, seemingly capable of consuming the world or even a galaxy.

So rather than waste time here, it would be better to ask the “Spy in the Disc” directly later on.

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On the other hand, after a thirty-minute flight, Colin and others arrived at Shelter Number Four. They had only been there for a short time when everyone was taken away separately.

Colin was no exception, being led into a sealed room.

There was a chair in the room, and, one meter in front of the chair, there was a thick glass wall, behind which was a table and chairs.

It felt like an interrogation room…

No, to be accurate, it was an interrogation room, except without handcuffs on him.

Once Colin was seated, two men and a woman walked out from behind the glass wall. One man appeared middle-aged with an authoritative face, and the other looked young, probably just over twenty.

The woman, in her early forties, had a face that involuntarily exuded a sense of approachability…

‘There seems to be a system to their selection.’

Colin wasn’t familiar with psychology, but he could tell that these people seemed a bit “typecast.”

Without letting him ponder further, as everyone settled in, the conversation began swiftly.

The stern-faced man was the first to speak gravely:

“Name.”

“Colin.”

“Age.”

“Twenty-three.”

“Gender.”

“Gender?”

Colin was taken aback—what a silly question? Although it felt nonsensical, he answered nonetheless.

Then followed a series of questions about his height and weight.

After seeing Colin answer each one frankly, the young man spoke up:

“Do you know why you’re here?”

“I don’t.”

“Do you know about the believers of the Red Moon? Did your colleagues mention anything about them to you?”

“I know.”

“Then do you know why you were targeted by the ‘Red Moon’ believers?”

“I don’t know, do you?”

Colin also shook his head. To be honest, it seemed he only happened to kill a few of their people when he was doing his tasks, and he shouldn’t be targeted like this just for that, should he?

When faced with Colin’s counter-question, the young man choked for a moment, then shook his head.

“So, can you remember the entire process of this incident? Our people later went to the subway station and did not find a sewer entrance, and as we understand it, those of you who entered seemed to have gone to another world…”

The middle-aged woman’s voice was warm, making one feel a full sense of closeness.

“I can.”

Colin briefly described the situation at that time without revealing his own role.

“Mr. Colin… Your account seems to have many loopholes. For example…”

“Based on the information we have, the dangers you faced far exceeded your capabilities, and from your companion, we learned that many terrible dangers were taken on by you alone…”

“And as a new employee of ‘Bonfire Company,’ where did you get all those things from…”

“And in the final stage, why did you leave some things behind instead of taking everything with you, but continued to let them take the train to the next station…”

“…”

There was no luck involved, one sharp question after another was thrown out.

Some questions were even ones Colin himself hadn’t noticed. Looking at the earphones on the ears of these people, he knew that there must be another team behind them, responsible for receiving information from Qin Chuan’s side and then asking questions.

However, these questions made Colin somewhat troubled. Why did these people seem to feign ignorance and insist on asking difficult questions?

Just as Colin didn’t know how to answer, the people in front of him suddenly stood up all at once.

“Old Master Wu is asking for you in his office.”

Upon hearing this, Colin breathed a sigh of relief, and then it occurred to him—was that old man’s surname Wu?

Without giving it much thought, he was led out again and taken onto a fully enclosed vehicle.

After about ten minutes, the vehicle stopped, and then Colin was taken into an office.

The office was over a hundred square meters large, filled with various mahogany furniture and sculptures, looking very imposing…

Behind a mahogany tea table, wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, sat Old Master Wu—the Ninth Level Powerhouse and the head of the Southern Region. Seeing him come in, he pointed to the seat in front:

“Sit down.”

Once Colin settled in his seat and there were only two people in the room, Old Wu poured him a cup of tea and asked directly:

“Do you know if anything followed you out?”

Something followed them out?

Colin was taken aback; he truly hadn’t realized. In his eyes, their escape, despite heavy casualties from “The Seventh Box Garden World,” could be considered very successful.

Throughout the whole process, no unsavory entities came out, at least none that he had discovered…

‘Wait, if something really did follow us, and kept us in check all the way, then ‘Liping’ would have been able to come to us first to clarify…’

‘Also, that bizarre treeman at the second station—was it actually trying to say that something had followed me?’

In a flash, Colin felt as though he understood much, and at the same time, there was a chill in his heart.

He hadn’t noticed anything along the way!

However, before he could speak of these matters, the old man, after getting his reply, didn’t seem to have the intention to continue questioning. Instead, he began speaking of something else, as if implicating another matter:

“Since it’s not there, let it be. It’s not that important anyway. Now, let’s talk about ‘Bonfire Company’…

“I don’t know much about it, and since you’ve joined this company for some time, you might have learned quite a bit. Can you enlighten me?”

“Please say.”

Colin sat upright in the wooden chair. In the tasks he had taken on before, there was a requirement to understand the demands of the “Special Operations Department.”

Now was a good opportunity…

Old Wu pondered for a moment, then said, “We have no ill intent towards ‘Bonfire Company,’ but we are very interested in some things within it and are willing to pay a certain price to obtain them. For example…

“Do you know about the ‘Gene Compensation Medicine’?”

Under normal circumstances, Colin, who had just completed his mission and was yet to “formally join” the company, should not know about this stuff.

But at this point, Colin didn’t hide anything: “I know.”

The old man said, “Tell me, is there a way we can get a large quantity of the ‘Gene Compensation Medicine’? For instance, thousands or tens of thousands of doses for each level, or even more…the price is negotiable.”

Thousands or tens of thousands for each level? How much would that cost in points and badges?

Colin did a quick calculation and felt it was an astronomical sum; obviously, money wouldn’t suffice.

“What… do you need so much of this for? Its enhancement isn’t that great, is it?”

Colin asked in confusion. The boost from the Gene Compensation Medicine wasn’t strong; much more of the enhancement came from equipment and talents.

But the officials didn’t ask about those powerful pieces of equipment first, nor talents, rather they started with the ostensibly inconspicuous “Gene Compensation Medicine”?

“Heh, you might not know, but this stuff is really good,” said Old Wu as he poured tea and shook his head with a chuckle.

“If we had it, we might not have to worry about losing control, and I probably wouldn’t be left with less than a year of life…

“If there is something that allows humans to truly touch the extraordinary and take these powers, which don’t belong to mankind, into our hands like knives, swords, and firearms, then it is undoubtedly this.

“Its effects might not be immediately noticeable, but its role is irreplaceable.

“Even unreservedly said, if humanity wants to attempt to slay ‘gods,’ then it is a key ‘key’ necessary on the path to slaying gods.”

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